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2026年8月7日 美国东部时间晚上7:02 更新于40分钟前
华盛顿8月7日（路透社）——据路透社看到的一份文件显示，美国进出口银行将向三家关键矿产企业提供5800万美元贷款，这是唐纳德·特朗普总统推动美国摆脱对中国供应链依赖、提振本国矿业和加工业的举措之一。
这笔融资的时间点恰逢特朗普周五在华盛顿会见全球多家大型矿业公司高管，以强调美国对提升用于制造武器和电子产品的矿产供应的迫切需求。
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“关键矿产安全就是国家安全，”美国进出口银行主席约翰·约万诺维奇说道，他补充道，这笔融资旨在“强化我们的供应链，恢复支撑高薪美国就业岗位的关键产业，并保护普通美国人免受供应冲击”。
西水资源公司（WWR.A）将获得2500万美元贷款，用于其阿拉巴马州石墨矿及加工设施项目，这将成为美国首个所谓天然石墨来源。石墨是制造锂离子电池用量最大的金属材料。
美国目前利用石油炼制副产品石油焦生产部分合成石墨。电池制造商通常会根据一系列因素选择使用其中一种石墨。
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美国进出口银行还将向私有企业Global Advanced Metals提供2500万美元贷款，用于扩大钽和铌的加工业务。美国本土不开采这两种矿产，因此完全依赖外国供应。该公司在澳大利亚开采金属矿石，并在宾夕法尼亚州进行加工。
钽主要用于制造智能手机、汽车及其他电子产品的电容器，而铌则作为合金用于强化管道和飞机用钢材。
此外，5E Advanced Materials公司（FEAM.O）将获得800万美元贷款，用于扩大硼产量。硼已于去年被美国政府列入关键矿产名单。这种金属可用于核能行业，以及防弹衣和其他国防相关产品。
美国大部分硼需求依赖进口。5E公司位于加利福尼亚州的硼矿项目计划于2028年开始商业化生产。
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Trump administration to back three mineral projects with $58 million in financing
2026-08-07 19:02 UTC / Reuters
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By Jarrett Renshaw and Ernest Scheyder
August 7, 2026 7:02 PM UTC Updated 40 mins ago
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks on the day he announced the creation of a critical mineral reserve, in the Oval Office at the White House, February 2, 2026. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/File Photo
WASHINGTON, Aug 7 (Reuters) – The U.S. Export-Import Bank is lending $58 million to three critical-mineral companies as part of President Donald Trump’s push to wean the country off Chinese supplies and bolster American mining and processing, according to a document seen by Reuters.
The funding is timed to coincide with Trump’s meeting in Washington on Friday with executives from some of the world’s largest mining companies to underscore the country’s need for better supplies of minerals used to build weapons and electronics.
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“Critical mineral security is national security,” said John Jovanovic, ExIm’s chairman, adding the funding aims to “fortify our supply chains, restore crucial industries that support well-paying American jobs and safeguard everyday Americans from supply shocks.”
Westwater Resources (WWR.A) will receive a $25 million loan for its Alabama graphite mine and processing facility, in what would be the country’s first source of so-called natural graphite. Graphite is the largest metal by volume used to build lithium-ion batteries.
The U.S. produces some so-called synthetic graphite from petroleum coke, a byproduct of oil refining. Battery manufacturers typically prefer one version or the other, depending on a range of factors.
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ExIm is also lending $25 million to privately held Global Advanced Metals to expand processing of tantalum and niobium, neither of which the U.S. mines, making it reliant on foreign supply. The company mines the metals in Australia and processes them in Pennsylvania.
Tantalum is primarily used to make capacitors for smartphones, automobiles and other electronics, whereas niobium is used as an alloy to harden steel for pipelines and airplanes.
And 5E Advanced Materials (FEAM.O) will receive an $8 million loan to boost production of boron, which last year was added to a list of minerals considered critical by the U.S. government. The metal is used in the nuclear energy industry as well as in body armor and other defense-related products.
The U.S. imports most of its boron needs. 5E’s California boron project is slated to begin commercial production in 2028.
Reporting by Jarrett Renshaw in Washington and Ernest Scheyder in Houston; Editing by Matthew Lewis
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